Copa FGF

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{{infobox football tournament

| name = Copa FGF

| image = 290px

| caption = 2014 logo, in posthumous tribute to Fernandão.

| founded = 2004

| folded =

| region = {{flagicon|Rio Grande do Sul}} Rio Grande do Sul

| teams = 22

| current champions = São José (2nd title)

| most successful club = Internacional
Juventude
Lajeadense
Novo Hamburgo
Pelotas
São Luiz
São José
(2 titles each)

| broadcasters =

| motto =

| website = [http://www.fgf.com.br/ Official website]

| current =

}}

The Copa Federação Gaúcha de Futebol, commonly known as the Copa FGF, is an annual cup competition organized by the Rio Grande do Sul state football federation for clubs that are in the first, second and third divisions of the Campeonato Gaúcho. It is held in the second half of the year and usually clubs participating in the higher levels of the Campeonato Brasileiro do not participate with the first team squad, using their academies.

The competition was founded in 2004 being the most important knockout cup competition in Rio Grande do Sul football. It was created with the objective of filling the calendar of smaller teams, as the Campeonato Gaúcho runs only in the first months of the year, leaving many smaller teams of the state without games to play on the rest of the year, thus, the Copa FGF is considered a competition that values local Gaúcho football, because the greatest clubs in the state, Grêmio and Internacional, usually play the cup with their academy teams, opening up the possibility of smaller clubs of the state win the title. The winners of the Copa FGF faces the winners of the Campeonato Gaúcho at the super cup Recopa Gaúcha.

The Copa FGF usually receive a different name in each edition, honoring important people related to football in Rio Grande do Sul. The 2014 edition is called Copa Fernandão, in posthumous tribute to former Internacional footballer who died in June of the same year.

The current holders are São Luiz after beating Passo Fundo in the 2022 finals. The 2023 edition has been renamed to Copa Rei Pelé after Pelé's passing in December 2022.

Format

=Competition=

The competition is a knockout tournament with pairings for first round (round of 22) drawn at random, being the best placed club in the FGF Club Ranking plays the first leg at away. If that club wins by a difference of two or more goals, it will be automatically qualified for the next round. The same rules serves to Round of 12. From the quarter-finals, the order of matches is decided by lot and the second leg is required.

Twenty-two clubs beginning in the round of 22, being the winners and the best loser advancing to the second round. In the round of 12, the winners and the two best losers qualify for the quarter-finals. Thereafter, only the winners advance to the semifinals and the finals.

=Qualification for competitions=

The Copa FGF winners qualify for the following season's Copa do Brasil. Currently, the competition does not grant more qualifying for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, because since the creation of the Super Copa Gaúcha, this new competition received that right for the champion. However, the Copa FGF winner also qualifies for this cup, having the opportunity to qualify for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

Clubs

Having been established in 2004, the Copa FGF has been played by dozens of different clubs in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The following 22 clubs will compete in the Copa FGF during the 2014 edition.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
Club

!City

!Stadium

!Capacity

!Division in 2014

!First app

!Number of apps

!Titles

!Last title

AimoréSão LeopoldoCristo Rei10,000Série A120065
BagéBagéPedra Moura12,000Série B20083
Brasil (PE)PelotasBento Freitas18,000Série A120048
CerâmicaGravataíVieirão8,000Série A120077
EsportivoBento GonçalvesMontanha dos Vinhedos15,269Série A12004512004
Estância VelhaCanoasEstádio das Cabriúvas5,000Série B20141
FarroupilhaPelotasNicolau Fico8,000Série B20044
GaribaldiGaribaldiAlcides Santa Rosa4,000Série B20071
Guarani (VA)Venâncio AiresEdmundo Feix4,000Série B20052
Guarany (BG)BagéEstrela D'Alva10,000Série B20064
InternacionalPorto AlegreMorada dos Quero-Queros2,000Série A120041022010
JuventudeCaxias do SulAlfredo Jaconi23,726Série A12004922012
LajeadenseLajeadoArena Alviazul7,000Série A120057
MarauMarauCarlos Renato Bebber2,000Série A220141
Novo HamburgoNovo HamburgoEstádio do Vale6,500Série A12004922013
PanambiPanambiJoão Marimon Júnior3,000Série A220141
PelotasPelotasBoca do Lobo18,000Serie A12004812008
Santa Cruz-RSSanta Cruz do SulEstádio dos Plátanos7,000Série A22014212020
São José-RSPorto AlegrePasso D'Areia8,000Série A120049
São Paulo-RSRio GrandeAldo Dapuzzo11,500Série A120047
VeranópolisVeranópolisAntônio David Farina4,000Série A120041
Ypiranga-RSErechimColosso da Lagoa30,000Série A2A20064

Champions

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-left:1em;"
style="width:70px"|Season

!style="width:180px"|Name

!style="width:145px"|Champions

!style="width:145px"|Runners-up

style="text-align:center"|2004

|Copa LG/Colombo

|Esportivo

|Gaúcho

style="text-align:center"|2005

|Copa FGF

|Novo Hamburgo

|Ulbra

style="text-align:center"|2006

|Copa FGF

|Grêmio

|Ulbra

style="text-align:center"|2007

|Copa Rogério Amoretty

|Caxias

|Brasil de Pelotas

style="text-align:center"|2008

|Copa Lupi Martins

|Pelotas

|Cerâmica

style="text-align:center"|2009

|Copa Arthur Dallegrave

|Internacional

|Ypiranga

style="text-align:center"|2010

|Copa Enio Costamilan

|Internacional

|Cerâmica

style="text-align:center"|2011

|Copa Dra. Lacy Ughini

|Juventude

|Lajeadense

style="text-align:center"|2012

|Copa Hélio Dourado

|Juventude

|Brasil de Pelotas

style="text-align:center"|2013

|Copa Willy Sanvitto

|Novo Hamburgo

|São José

style="text-align:center"|2014

|Copa Fernandão

|Lajeadense

|Guarani-VA

style="text-align:center"|2015

|Copa Luiz Fernando Costa

|Lajeadense

|Pelotas

style="text-align:center"|2016

|colspan=3 align=center|Not held

style="text-align:center"|2017

|Copa Paulo Sant'Ana

|São José

|Aimoré

style="text-align:center"|2018

|Copa Wianey Carlet

|Avenida

|Gaúcho

style="text-align:center"|2019

|Copa Seu Verardi

|Pelotas

|São José

style="text-align:center"|2020

|Troféu Ibsen Pinheiro

|Santa Cruz

|São José

style="text-align:center"|2021

|Troféu Dirceu de Castro

|Glória

|Novo Hamburgo

2022

|Troféu Tarciso Flecha Negra

|São Luiz

|Passo Fundo

2023

|Copa Rei Pelé

|São Luiz

|São José

2024

|Copa Zagallo

|São José

|Ypiranga

Records and statistics

=List of champions=

Seven clubs are officially recognized to have been the Copa FGF champions, of which four teams have two titles each: Internacional, Juventude, Lajeadense and Novo Hamburgo.

Below is the complete list of winners and runners-up of the competition.

class="wikitable sortable"
scope=col width=130|Club

!scope=col width=66|Won

!scope=col|Runner-up

!scope=col class="unsortable"|Years won

!scope=col class="unsortable"|Years runner-up

align=center| São José

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 4

|align=center| 2017, 2024

|align=center| 2013, 2019, 2020, 2023

align=center| Lajeadense

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 2014, 2015

|align=center| 2011

align=center| Pelotas

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 2008, 2019

|align=center| 2015

align=center| Novo Hamburgo

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 2005, 2013

|align=center| 2021

align=center| Juventude

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 2011, 2012

|align=center| —

align=center| Internacional

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 2009, 2010

|align=center| —

align=center| São Luiz

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 2022, 2023

|align=center| –

align=center| Santa Cruz

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 2020

|align=center| —

align=center| Avenida

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 2018

|align=center| —

align=center| Caxias

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 2007

|align=center| —

align=center| Grêmio

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 2006

|align=center| —

align=center| Esportivo

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 2004

|align=center| —

align=center| Glória

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 2021

|align=center| —

align=center| Gaúcho

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 2

|align=center| —

|align=center| 2004, 2018

align=center| Brasil de Pelotas

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 2

|align=center| —

|align=center| 2007, 2012

align=center| Canoas

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 2

|align=center| —

|align=center| 2005, 2006

align=center| Cerâmica

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 2

|align=center| —

|align=center| 2008, 2010

align=center| Ypiranga

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 2

|align=center| —

|align=center| 2009, 2024

align=center| Passo Fundo

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 1

|align=center| -

|align=center| 2022

align=center| Aimoré

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 1

|align=center| —

|align=center| 2017

align=center| Guarani-VA

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 1

|align=center| —

|align=center| 2014

See also

References

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